Chapter 57: She Doesn’t Need Your Thanks
Upon hearing him mention “Mommy,” the two little ones instantly became highly alert.
“Why are you looking for my mommy?” Sebastian stared at the man nearby, his guard up like a vigilant watchdog ready to attack at any moment.
Though lacking any real threat, he maintained a fierce appearance.
Victor noticed the hostility from the little boy and found it both strange and amusing, but he didn’t take it seriously. He simply said, “Thanks to you for taking care of Sophia these two times. Regardless, I still need to thank your mother in person.”
Upon hearing this, Sebastian let out a slight sigh of relief, but his face remained tense. “No need. My mommy made a phone call, and she doesn’t need your thanks either.”
After speaking, he grabbed Ethan and returned to the carpet, lowering his head to Sophia. “Since your dad has come to pick you up, you should go back with him quickly. My mom needs to go out for work soon, and she doesn’t have time to accompany you anymore.”
Sophia, still basking in the joy of the boys defending her, slowly regained her composure upon hearing those words. Reluctantly, she nodded understandingly upon realizing that the kind lady had work to attend to.
Ever since that man brought up their mommy, Sebastian had been on high alert, not wanting him to see their mom at all.
Now that he saw Sophia agreeing to leave with that man, Sebastian quickly tugged Ethan and squatted down to tidy up the Legos.
Victor saw that Sophia had agreed to go with him and didn’t urge them any further, allowing the three little ones to tidy up.
As he watched for a while, he felt something was odd.
The three little ones were squatting together, and surprisingly, they seemed to be almost the same height.
Upon further consideration, they were in the same class at kindergarten.
In other words, their ages shouldn’t differ much.
But by time, even though Olivia had another marriage after giving birth to Sophia back then and had the twins, they should not look almost the same age.
Could it be… that boys grow faster?
But Olivia deliberately made them the same grade as Sophia. Was that also a coincidence?
Victor was full of doubt.
After a while, still unable to come up with an answer, Victor slowly withdrew his gaze from the three little ones and began idly observing the surroundings.
Although it was a temporary rental, Olivia had put some thought into decorating the villa.
At this moment, what caught Victor’s eye was a warm and tidy scene, with several picture frames visible upon closer inspection.
Gradually, Victor’s gaze was drawn to those frames, and he walked over to them, carefully examining their contents.
After a brief examination, a frown formed on Victor’s forehead.
Several consecutive photos, without exception, only depicted Olivia with the two children.
Although the three of them were smiling warmly, Victor couldn’t shake the feeling that something was off.
In all these photos, the father of the two children was nowhere to be seen, not even a shadow.
Or could it be… that these photos were all taken by that man?
But even so, it wouldn’t make sense for him to not appear in so many photos, right?
Just as Victor was perplexed, he heard hurried footsteps coming from the stairs.
Victor snapped back to reality, setting down the photo frame he had been holding and casually walked over to the carpet.
On the stairs, Olivia hurriedly descended, almost running all the way down, her face filled with panic.NôvelD(ram)a.ôrg owns this content.